Incident #1001401
Morley, Rockey Mtn Foothills, Alberta
1981
Account
Thomas Messer was one of a half dozen men in three 4x4's exploring West of Hwy 940 in the area of Meadow and Waiparous Creeks, Northwest of Calgary. Following a cutline they came down off a ridge into a meadow between foothills, where he saw something moving in the edge of the trees to his left. He radioed for the vehicles to stop, and they all saw and 8-foot black biped, extremely heavy, come out of the trees and cross the opening, loping easily but moving tremendously fast.
When
- Year
- 1981
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- morning
- Duration
- 6 to 15 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Alberta
- County
- Rockey Mtn Foothills
- Nearest Town
- Morley
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 20
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 50
- Latitude
- 512---
- Longitude
- 1150---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- open
- Super Human Action
- Moved much too fast for human
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not looked for
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill, valley
- Exact Terrain
- meadow
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Cover
- moderate
- Tree size
- small
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Tom Steenburg intereview with Thomas Messer
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1998
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- AUGUST 1997
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Torso Side
- very wide
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- entered woods
- Speed
- very fast
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Reaction
- ignored
- Describe Unsual
- Witness described gait as easy loping, rather than running, but moving much faster than a man could move.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Tom Steenburg
- Interview date
- 1997
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 6